Everyone will be familiar with the Remote Desktop client called MSTSC. Since a few years, Microsoft also has a Remote Desktop client for other platforms like iOS, Mac OS X and Android, available for...

Metro Apps, Modern Apps, Windows Store Apps, AppX, Universal Apps. Whatever you want to call them they have become a substantial part of Windows. If you’re having trouble understanding how they work and why, you are not...

If you thought only crazy people wrote Manifestos, then call me crazy. Yes, I’m crazy for Group Policy, and I also get a little crazy about Group Policy’s misunderstandings and misunderstood place in the...

The Windows operating system includes many system services that provide important functionality. Different services have different default startup policies: some are started by default (automatic), some when needed (manual) and some are disabled by...

Remote Desktop Services (RDS) were significantly improved with a release of Windows Server 2016. Service Providers now can build more functional and reliable Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions for their customers, including VDI scenarios with GPU acceleration....

By James Rankin The Windows user profile is a record of personal, user-specific data associated with a named user’s identity and desktop environment. It contains many elements, such as settings, configuration items, connections and history....